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Preparation, Separation, and Conformational Analysis of Differentially Sulfated Heparin Octasaccharide Isomers Using Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Youjin Seo, Armann Andaya, and Julie A. Leary* Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States S Supporting Information *

ABSTRACT: Heparin is a linear sulfated polysaccharide widely used in medicine because of its anticoagulant properties. The various sulfation and/or acetylation patterns on heparin impart different degrees of conformational change around the glycosidic bonds and subsequently alter its function as an anticoagulant, anticancer, or antiviral drug. Characterization of these structures is important for eventual elucidation of its function but presents itself as an analytical challenge due to the inherent heterogeneity of the carbohydrates. Heparin octasaccharide structural isomers of various sulfation patterns were investigated using ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMMS). In addition to distinguishing the isomers, we report the preparation and tandem mass spectrometry analysis for multiple sulfated or acetylated oligosaccharides. Herein, our data indicate that heparin octasaccharide isomers were separated on the basis of their structural conformations in the ion mobility cell. Subsequent to this separation, isomers were further distinguished using product ions resulting from tandem mass spectrometry. Overall, IMMS analysis was used to successfully characterize and separate individual isomers and subsequently measure their conformations.

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importance heparin undertakes in numerous biological niches, particularly in its ability to bind and recruit chemokines.10,11 Inherently, structure analysis of heparin is difficult not only due to its size and sequence variety (∼100 KDa) but also because of the net negative charge resulting from the sulfate groups. A more common method for analyzing heparin is to depolymerize it into manageable smaller oligosaccharides through enzymatic and/or chemical reactions.12,13 Smaller oligosaccharides are then separated through characterization techniques including LC, capillary electrophoresis (CE), NMR, circular dichroism, FT-IR, and small angle scattering.14−16 These methods can provide structural information on heparin such as the conformations surrounding the uronic acid residue or the glycosidic bonds. In addition, mass spectrometry, either stand-alone or coupled with solution separation techniques such as HPLC or CE, can both quantify and identify heparin disaccharides of various sulfation/acetylation patterns.16,17 However, the characterization of heparin isomers still presents a challenge; although identical in elemental composition, isomers of varying sulfation patterns may be presented with vastly different structures that are difficult to distinguish by classic mass spectrometric methods.

eparin, commonly used in clinical settings as an anticoagulant, is a member of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) family of anionic polysaccharides and is typically found in the granules of mast cells and granulated cells of organs.1 It is also highly sulfated, nonbranched, and a heterogeneous mixture consisting of basic repeating disaccharide units of hexuronic acid linked (α 1→4) to D-glucosamine.1 Sulfation commonly occurs at the 2,O-position of the hexuronic acid and 6,O- and/ or N-position of glucosmine while sulfation on the 3,O-position of glucosamine rarely occurs.2−4 Biologically, heparin interacts with numerous proteins such as proteases, growth factors, lipid binding proteins, pathogen proteins, and adhesion proteins. It regulates physiological and/or pathological functions such as inflammation, morphogenesis, and angiogenesis.5 Heparin is composed of over 90% L-iduronic acid, which exists in equilibrium between the chair (1C4) and the skew boat (2S0) conformations.6 These flexible conformations of L-iduronic acid are heavily influenced by adjacent sulfated residues and thus influence its ability to bind certain protein motifs and/or binding pockets as exemplified in both heparin hexasaccharide/fibroblast growth factor-2 and pentasaccharide/antithrombin complexes.7,8 Additionally, various sulfated substitution patterns of heparin affect the conformation around the glycosidic linkages.9 Thus, by gaining a deeper understanding of the three-dimensional structure of heparin and its various conformations as result of different sulfation patterns, we may further discern the © 2012 American Chemical Society

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column followed by 500 μL of pyridine prior to elution and subsequent flash freezing and lyophilization. This pyridiniumheparin octasaccharide powder was then dissolved in 500 μL of N-methlypyrrolidinone/water (90/10;v/v) and incubated for 3 h at 90 °C. After cooling to room temperature, the solution was applied to a PD-10 column, eluted with water, flash frozen, and then lyophilized. The white solid powder was then dissolved in water followed by addition of 1 mg each of trimethylaminesulfur trioxide and sodium carbonate. The reaction proceeded for 24 h at 55 °C followed by desalting using a PD-10 column. A final volume of 100 μL was obtained using a speed-vac. To prepare the de-N-sulfated octasaccharide library, pyridiniumheparin octasaccharide powder was dissolved in 500 μL of dimethyl sulfoxide/water (95/5; v/v) at 50 °C for 1.5 h, desalted with a PD-10 column, and brought to a final volume of 100 μL via speed-vac. To generate the N-acetylated heparin octasaccharide library, de-N-sulfated heparin octasaccharide library was lyophilized with subsequent addition of both 500 μL of 0.25 M sodium phosphate buffer (pH = 7.5) and 50 μL of acetic anhydride at 4 °C. Total pH was adjusted to 7.0 with 0.4 M NaOH. A final volume of 100 μL was attained from a PD-10 column using a speed-vac. Strong Anion Exchange Chromatography Analysis. Both chemically modified heparin octasaccharide and dodecasulfated heparin octasaccharide libraries were separated by strong anion exchange chromatography (SAX).27,32 Briefly, SAX analysis was performed on a Waters Delta 600 system (Waters Corp., Milford, Ma) coupled to a UV−vis spectrophotometer set at 232 nm. Each of the aforementioned libraries synthesized previously was individually loaded onto an Ion PAC AS7 column (4.00 × 250 mm) with flow rate of 1 mL/ min in solution A with 4 M NaCl (pH 3.7) and solution B with H2O (pH 3.7). The gradient was run as follows: 0−12% solution A for 15 minutes and 12−70% A for 45 minutes; total gradient time is 1 h. Eluted peaks were manually collected. Fractions were then desalted on a PD-10 column. Concentrations were determined by Nano-UV−vis spectrometry with ε = 5500 M−1 cm−1 in 30 mM HCl at 232 nm. Samples were applied to a spin column of NH4+ resin (AG 50W X-2, 100− 200 mesh) converted from H+ resin using 1 M ammonium acetate. Disaccharide Compositional Analysis. Quantitative disaccharide compositional analysis was performed to validate the separated heparin octasaccharides.17,33 Briefly, 0.1 μg of each of the fractionated heparin octasaccharides was dissolved in 20 mM ammonium acetate containing 2 mM calcium acetate (pH = 7). Fractions were completely digested using 2 mU each of heparinase I, II, and III at 37 °C for 15 h. The reaction was quenched by adding 10 mM ammonium hydroxide dissolved in MeOH/H2O (1/1; v/v). Addition of 5 μM of the internal standard I−P (ΔUA2S-GlcNCOEt6S) was prepared for quantification. Approximately, 2 μL of each digested sample was directly infused into an LTQ mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ionization (ESI) source (Thermo Finnigan, San Jose, CA). Both precursor masses and their subsequent tandem mass spectra were used to identify and quantify 12 diagnostic ions. Heparin derived from bovine lung was used as a control to validate our procedure.34 Measurements were obtained in triplicate. Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry (IM-MS) and Calibration Curve for Collision Cross Section Measurements. Ion mobility mass spectrometry analysis was performed on the Synapt G2 HDMS system (Waters Corp., Milford, MA) with

More recently, ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMMS) has emerged as a viable method for separating small molecules and proteins in the gas phase on the basis of measurement of their arrival time distributions (ATD) and their relative collision cross sections (CCS).18−20 This burgeoning new area of mass spectrometry has been used in the structural characterization of oligonucleotides,21,22 glycans,23 and peptides,24−26 to cite just a few, and it provides positional and structural isomer separation. In the case of heparin, IMMS measurements were able to distinguish L-iduronic acid from its C-5 epimer, D-glucoronic acid of heparan sulfate hexasaccharide.27 Herein, we describe a method that employs nanoelectrospray coupled with quadrupole-traveling wave ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry to separate heparin octasaccharide isomers with subsequent analysis and detection of the different conformations stemming from varying sulfation patterns. We also report on the preparation of these GAG isomers with site specific sulfation or acetylation patterns. We specifically focused our study on heparin octasaccharides as they have been previously shown to have a significant biological impact. Heparin octasaccharides have been shown to interact with antithrombin, cytokine fibroblast growth factor-2, and chemokines as these are closely intertwined with the biological processes of anticoagulation, angiogenesis, and inflammation, respectively.11,28,29 Herein, we illustrate the ability of IMMS to separate heparin octasaccharide isomers according to their sulfation or acetylation patterns. On the basis of these observations, our data indicate that not only does IMMS allow for separation of heparin octasaccharide isomers but also these experiments can provide extensive structure information about heparin and may to lead to a better understanding of heparin binding.

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION Materials. Heparin octasaccharide was purchased from Vlaboratories, INC (Covington, LA). N-Methylpyrrolidinone, trimethylamine-sulfur trioxide, sodium carbonate, dimethylsulfoxide, and acetic anhydride were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (St. Louis, MO). Oligonucleotides TTTTTTT (T7), CCCCCCC (C7), and ATATAT ((AT)3) were purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA). Heparinase I, II, and III from Flavobacterium heparinum were purchased from Seikagaku Corp. (East Falmouth, MA). PD-10 column was purchased from GE healthcare (Piscataway, NJ). Disaccharide standards for compositional analysis were purchased from Calbiochem (La jolla, CA). The IonPac AS7 anion exchange column was purchased from Dionex (Sunnyvale, CA). AG-5W Resin was purchased from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA). All solvents used were purchased from Fisher Scientific (Fair Lawn, NJ). Preparation of Desulfated or N-Acetlyated Heparin Octasaccharides. We prepared various heparin octasaccharide libraries of different sulfation patterns using similar methods.30,31 To prepare the de-2,O-sulfated heparin octasaccharide library, 500 μg of a fully sulfated heparin octasaccharide library was dissolved in 500 μL of 0.2 M NaOH. The alkaline solution was frozen and then lyophilized. The lyophilized yellow powder was dissolved in 500 μL of Milli-Q water and adjusted to pH 7.0 with 10% acetic acid. The solution was then desalted using a PD-10 column with subsequent elution with Milli-Q water. A final sample volume of 100 μL was attained using a speed-vac. To prepare the de-6,O-sulfated heparin octasaccharide library, 250 μL of 2 mg/mL fully sulfated heparin octasaccharide library was first applied to a Dowex 50W (X-8, H+, 20−50 mesh) spin 2417

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Figure 1. Heparin octasaccharide structures. The number of carbon atom is indicated at each structure.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Preparation, Separation, and Purification of Heparin Octasaccharide Libraries. The structures of specific desulfated or N-acetylated heparin octasaccharides were prepared using different chemical reactions (Figure 1). Chemically modified heparin octasaccharide libraries were subsequently separated by strong anion exchange chromatography (SAX) on the basis of their charge and structure.36 Each fractioned peak was identified using ion mobility mass spectrometry and our heparin/HS oligosaccharide sequencing tool (HOST program).33 Dodecasulfated octasaccharide library, an initial reactant, contained mostly dodecasulfated species (71.34 min retention times) along with minor byproduct of sulfated species at various positions. Upon individual chromatographic separation of four distinct heparin octasaccharide libraries via HPLC, numerous compounds of varying sulfation and/or acetylation levels were revealed (Figure S-1, Supporting Information). Additionally, there are several 8 sulfated species for both de-2,O- and de-6,O-sulfated heparin octasaccharides present in the chromatogram, possibly indicative of impurities and/or the presence of byproduct from the chemical reactions. Specifically, we optimized the preparation of de-6,O-sulfated species to a 3 h reaction to avoid unnecessary desulfation at any position due to an excessive reaction with subsequent degradation of backbond of octasaccharide. In lieu of dialysis, which is a commonly used procedure, we used size exclusion SPE. Although size exclusion SPE was effective at lowering the concentration of sodium chloride solution, sulfated and acetylated groups of heparin octasaccharide were strongly bound to alkali and alkaline metal ions on the basis of polyelectrolyte theory.37,38 Cation exchange (NH4+) spin columns were then used to remove metal ion coordination to the heparin octasaccharides. Disaccharide Compositional Analysis. We next used compositional analysis on each heparin octasaccharide in order to validate their sulfation and/or acetylation patterns.17,34 De-

nano-ESI. The samples were analyzed in negative ion mode with a capillary voltage at 0.6 kV, source temperature at 40 °C, and calibration of TOF mass analyzer adjusted to a mass accuracy within 3 ppm from 50 to 1200 m/z. The Synapt G2 parameters were optimized as follows: sample cone voltage at 5 V, cone voltage at 1 V, trap collision energy at 1 V, and transfer collision energy at 0 V to avoid unnecessary desulfation and fragmentation of heparin octasaccharides. For optimal ion mobility separation, the traveling wave velocity and pulse height were set at 300 m/s and 15 V, respectively. Both ion mobility and helium cells were kept at 3.45 mbar of nitrogen and 142 mbar of helium, respectively. Three independent measurements were acquired for each sample and were processed with Masslynx (V4.1) software. To obtain collision cross sections (CCS) of heparin octasaccharides, a calibration curve was constructed using a mixture of 20 μM T7, C7, and (AT)3 in MeOH/H2O (1/1; v/v) containing 10 mM ammonium hydroxide solution as previously described.32 CCS calculations were performed according to previously described protocols.35 Absolute collision cross sections (CCS) of oligonucleotides were determined using conventional IMS-MS from the laboratory of Michael T. Bowers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Corrected ATDs of three standard oligonucleotides for each charge state were plotted against the corrected CCS. After a calibration curve was constructed using a linear fit, the CCSs were determined using the mathematical formula derived from the calibration curve and then corrected for charge state and reduced mass, as indicated in the equation below: Y = 63.16X + 306.45

where R2 = 0.99

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Figure 2. The arrival time distributions for eight sulfated heparin octasaccharide isomers (a) in the 4− charge state and (b) in the 5− charge state and (c) for sodium ion coordinated eight sulfated heparin octasaccharide isomers in the 4− charge state. The arrival times are from three individual measurements and standard deviation is ±0.03 ms.

N-sulfated (31.99 min), de-6,O-sulfated (29.36 min), and de2,O-sulfated (39.17 min) heparin octasaccharides, each containing eight sulfated groups, were digested using heparinases I, II, and III. Digested samples were observed as isomers at m/z of 247 with z = 2−. Subsequent MS/MS analysis allowed the isomers to be distinguished from each other on the basis of the identification of diagnostic ions17 (Table S-1, Supporting Information). De-N-sulfated, de-6,O-sulfated, de2,O-sulfated, and N-acetylated species were composed of 99 ± 0.12% I−H(ΔUA2S-GlcN-6S), 99 ± 0.16% III−S (ΔUA2SGlcNS), 99 ± 0.35% II−S(ΔUA-GlcNS6S), and 99 ± 0.39% IA (ΔUA2S-GlcNAc-6S), respectively. Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility Analysis of Heparin Octasaccharides. Collected fractions were subjected

to ESI-MS (Figure S-2, Supporting Information). Heparin octasaccharides were observed under various charge state distributions with 4− and 5− as the predominant charge state. Sodium adducts were also observed due to strong electrostatic interactions occurring between either sulfated groups or the negative charges that result from proton loss. We next investigated the use of ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMMS) to discriminate the isomeric heparin octasaccharide isomers of differing sulfation patterns. Arrival time distributions (ATDs) of the three octasaccharide isomers each retaining 8 sulfates were obtained at both the 4− and 5− charge states (Figure 2). The arrival time distribution for de2,O-sulfated octasaccharide was 4.61 ± 0.03 ms at the 4− charge state. For the de-6,O-sulfated species, two arrival times could be 2419

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Table 1. Collision Cross Sections of Heparin Octasaccharides in the 4− and 5− Charge Statesa collision cross sections (Å2) charge state −

4 5− a

de-N-sulfated 338.8 ± 1.4 413.2 ± 1.7

372.4 ± 1.4

de-6,0-sulfated 371.5 ± 1.4 409.9 ± 1.7

de-2,O-sulfated

383.0 ± 1.4

379.3 ± 1.4 419.9 ± 1.7

N-acetylated 400.0 ± 1.4 435.2 ± 1.7

413.0 ± 1.4

dodecasulfated 418.7 ± 1.4 441.9 ± 1.7

The data are from three individual measurements.

measured at the 4− charge state with the predominant arrival time at 4.46 ± 0.03 ms. Similarly, for the de-N-sulfated octasaccharide, two ion populations were observed at the 4− charge state with arrival times at 3.78 ± 0.03 and 4.48 ± 0.03 ms. The presence of two conformations may emanate from sulfate removal at the N-position of glucosamine resulting in a more flexible L-iduronic acid. Observation of the different conformation changes of iduronic acid with desulfation of Nglucosamine have been previously observed.39 The peak resolution measured for the two ion populations of de-Nsulfated species was measured at 1.3 (baseline resolution is 1.5).40 The fact that we were able to resolve two ion populations within the ion mobility cell at this resolution suggests the presence of two different conformations having the same sulfation pattern. For the 5− charge state, the arrival time distributions for de-2,O-suflated, de-6,O-sulfated, and de-Nsulfated octasaccharides were 3.72 ± 0.03, 3.56 ± 0.03, and 3.61 ± 0.03 ms, respectively. One conformation observed at the 5− charge state resulting from charge−charge repulsion may interrupt the flexible conformation changes of the glycosidic bond as compared to those at the 4− charge state. These different conformations allude to the significant impact that charge state contributes to gas phase structures and their subsequent measurement. Contrary to de-N- and de-6,O-sulfated octasaccharides, each of which had two ion populations, only one ion population was observed for the de-2,O-sulfated species. Previous studies using NMR have shown that the nonsulfated iduronic acid of heparin had a predominant chair 1C4 conformation.39,41−43 Our finding suggests that the absence of sulfation at the 2-O position of Liduronic acid yields a single conformation. However, when sulfated, the conformer can adopt either a chair 1C4 and/or a skew 2S0 conformation.44 The existence of the sulfated Liduronic acid in both the de-N- and de-6,O-sulfated octasaccharide may explain the presence of two ion populations that we observed while only one ion population was observed when no sulfation was present on the L-iduronic acid of the de2,O-sulfated species. Lastly, in order to further increase the efficacy of ion mobility at segregating isomers from one another, we investigated the effect of sodium adduction on these isomeric heparin octasaccharides (Figure 2c). Although the arrival times of sodium ion coordinated isomers were similar to those of sodium free isomers, the ion mobility measurements made were sufficient to individually distinguish the isomers from one another. Arrival time distributions for octasaccharides coordinated with one sodium ion could be more easily distinguished from each other than their sodium free counterparts. The bound sodium ions may cause the formation of a more stable conformation in the gas phase thus reducing the freedom of the different conformations that can be formed when little to no sodium is present39,42 In addition, the ion population of the sodium coordinated de-N-sulfated heparin octasaccharide was predominantly observed at 4.50 ± 0.03 ms, compared to that of the sodium free species. This observation could explain that

two de-N-sulfated species conformations seem to collapse to one upon sodium binding. Thus, measurements made of isomers with a counterion, such as sodium, may induce one stable conformation, thereby allowing for their more efficient separation via ion mobility mass spectrometry Collision Cross Section Measurements of Heparin Octasaccharides. From each of the measured arrival time distributions, we next calculated the corresponding collision cross sections (CCS) of the heparin octasaccharides at the 4− and 5− charge states using the oligonucleotide calibration linear curve (Table 1). CCSs of octasaccharides at the 5− charge state were larger than those of species at the 4− charge state most likely due to the presence of charge−charge repulsion and therefore gaining elongation of the structures. Comparison of the most compact structures of the three 8 sulfated isomers at the 4− charge state showed the smallest CCS was that of the deN-sulfated isomer measured at 338.8 Å2. The largest de-2,Osulfated oligosaccharide was measured at 379.3 Å2 and correlated to a 40.5 Å2 CCS difference, while the de-6,O species had a 371.5 Å2 collision cross section for the 4− charge state. Observation of these different conformations resulting from varying sulfation patterns may effect glycosidic geometry through residue interaction of iduronic acid (IdoA)-glucosamine (GlcN) or GlcN-IdoA.45,46 Intriguingly, previous studies showed that removal the 6,O sulfate group of the glucosamine influences the IdoA-GlcN glycosidic linkage but not that of GlcN-IdoA.45 Removal of sulfation on each position of iduronic acid or glucosamine may result in various inter-residue glycosidic bond changes. Additionally, these different conformations may explain why several intermolecular hydrogenbond interactions between IdoA and GlcN result in various idoA structure formations.46,47 Minimal differences in CCS were detected for extended conformers of de-6,O- (409.9 Å2) and de-N-sulfated (413.2 Å2) species retaining one sulfation at the L-iduronic acid and glucosamine at the 4− charge state. At the 5− charge state, the CCS for de-2,O-sulfated octasaccharides without sulfation at the L-iduronic acid showed minimal differences (9 Å2 CCS difference), and there were no differences in CCS between de-6,O and de-N-sulfated. The isomers in the 5− charge state may exhibit bulky conformers due to charge effects, thus providing little effect on isomer separations. In addition to charge state effects on ion mobility measurements, substituent groups also had an effect as seen when acetylation replaced sulfation at the N-position of glucosamine. Although the glucosamine species showed only one conformation, two conformations were observed for the Nacetylated compound. The CCSs for this latter compound were 413.0 and 400.0 Å2. It is possible that substitution by the acetyl group caused rotation about the glycosidic bond causing more or less coordination with the iduronic acid on the reducing end48,49 and, hence, the appearance of more than one conformation. MS/MS Analysis of Heparin Octasaccharides. In order to validate the structure and to verify the sulfate position on the 2420

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Figure 3. MS/MS spectra of (a) de-N-sulfated, (b) de-6,O-sulfated, and (C) de-2,O-sulfated heparin octasaccharides. The products ions are labeled using the Domon and Costello nomenclature.50 The precursor ion at m/z=496.0 is subject to 27 V collision energy in the transfer cell.

416.1 for all three species and correlates to a neutral loss of 4 sulfates, resulting in the 8S-4SO3 ion. Observation of this neutral loss is consistent with our previous studies using tandem MS analysis coupled with isotope labeling experiments.51 At 27 V collision energy, complete eradication of the precursor ion was observed. At collision energies less than 27 V, glycosidic and cross-ring cleavages were absent and losses of less than 4 sulfates were observed. Since the 5− charge state produced no differences in ATDs, no further experiments were pursued as there was no analytical benefit. In order to discriminate between the de-2,O-, de-6,O-, and de-N-sulfated octasaccharides, we sought diagnostic fragment ions from the collision induced dissociation of the m/z 496.0 ion. Fragment ions at m/z 138.0 represent the 0,2X0 ions of de2,O-sulfated and de-6,O-sulfated species with one remaining sulfate at the N-position of glucosamine. However, for the deN-sulfated octasaccharide, subsequent tandem MS of the m/z 496.0 ion yielded an absence of the m/z 138.0 ion. Likewise, the complementary ion to that of the m/z 138.0 ion was also observed as a diagnostic marker. The 0,2A8-4SO3 ion at m/z 508.8 was present in both the de-2,O-and de-6,O-sulfated but not in that of the de-N-sulfated octasaccharide. These two fragment ions, along with the 0,2A7-SO3 ion at m/z 507.8, differentiated the de-N-sulfated from the de-2,O- or de-6,Osulfated species (Table 2). In order to classify the de-2,O- from de-6,O-sulfated species, the lone diagnostic ion resulted from the 2,4A6 ion at m/z 644.7. This ion was generated from a cross-ring cleavage of glucosamine, and was specific to the de-6,O-sulfated species, and did not occur with the de-2,O-sulfated octasaccharide

three isomeric species, collision induced dissociation was performed at 27 V for the m/z 496.0 ion at the 4− charge state for de-6,O-, de-2,O-, and de-N-sulfated heparin octasaccharides (Figure 3). Resulting product ions from both glycosidic and cross-ring cleavage were identified (Figure 3 and Table 2).50 The most intense fragment ion observed was at m/z

Table 2. Identification of Ions from MS/MS Spectra of Eight Sulfated Heparin Octasaccharide Isomers identification of ions mass to charge ratio

de-N-sulfated octasaccharide

de-6,O-sulfated octasaccharide

de-2,O-sulfated octasaccharide

97.0 138.0 157.0 387.1 401.3 416.1 449.1 456.1 470.1 475.8 489.8 507.8 508.8 522.4 575.6 644.7

H2SO4

H2SO4 0,2 X0 B1−SO3 0,2 X7−4SO3 2,4 X6−SO3 M−4SO3 Y7−5SO3 2,4 X64SO3 Z7−4SO3 Y7−4SO3 B6

H2SO4 0,2 X0 B1 0,2 X7−4SO3 2,4 X6−2SO3 M−4SO3 Y7−6SO3 2,4 X6−5SO3 Z7−5SO3 Y7−5SO3 B6

B1−SO3 X7−4SO3 2,4 X6−SO3 M−4SO3 Y7−5SO3 2,4 X6−4SO3 Z7−4SO3 Y7−4SO3 B6 0,2 A7−SO3 0,2

A8−4SO3 B7−2SO3 B5−SO3 2,4 A6

0,2

B7−2SO3 B5−SO3 2,4 A6

A8−4SO3 B7−SO3 B5

0,2

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which actually retains two sulfated groups on the glucosamine. Additionally, sulfation loss appeared to be more prevalent in both de-6,O- and de-N- than in the de-2,O-sulfated species. Ions at m/z = 157.0, 522.4, and 575.6 were present in both de6,O- and de-N-sulfated species and correspond to the B1−SO3, B7−2SO3, and B5−SO3, respectively. However, for the de-2,Osulfated octasaccharide, those same ions correspond to B1, B7− SO3, and B5; thus, only one sulfate loss was observed for B7 and no other ions.

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CONCLUSIONS Analytical methods aimed at the study of heparin structure can be very challenging due to isomeric heterogeneity. In this study, we prepared specific biologically relevant heparin octasaccharides with different sulfation or acetylation patterns. We showed that sulfation or acetylation substitution induces a conformational change in heparin octasaccharide structure. Data indicate that IMMS is capable of identifying and separating the heparin octasaccharide isomers on the basis of their structure formed from removing sulfate groups at specific residue sites. In order to distinguish the isomers, ATD and CID were used and allowed for the verification of each isomer. Additionally, we showed that metal ions coordination to the octasaccharide induces a conformational change. Our findings may provide a platform for future research to identify the essential structures necessary for heparin interactions, binding, and its role in signaling pathways.

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